Lot Essay
(2) The heads of the bulldog and the pug were engraved by the artist, in reverse (Andresen 135).
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A mastiff, a lurcher, a greyhound, a dachshund and a bulldog on the edge of a field; and A preparatory drawing for the head of the bulldog, with the heads of a mastiff and a pug
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A mastiff, a lurcher, a greyhound, a dachshund and a bulldog on the edge of a field; and A preparatory drawing for the head of the bulldog, with the heads of a mastiff and a pug
dated and inscribed 'Decb 22 Den Läng...Mist/Des23 Decb. 1806 winters anfang' (1)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolor, bodycolor heightened with white (1), watermark encircled wreath with crowned GR (1), Pro Patria (2), in a contemporary mount (1)
8¼ x 13 1/4 in. (208 x 336 mm.) and smaller (2)
dated and inscribed 'Decb 22 Den Läng...Mist/Des23 Decb. 1806 winters anfang' (1)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolor, bodycolor heightened with white (1), watermark encircled wreath with crowned GR (1), Pro Patria (2), in a contemporary mount (1)
8¼ x 13 1/4 in. (208 x 336 mm.) and smaller (2)